[Citizen Bird by Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues]@TWC D-Link book
Citizen Bird

CHAPTER XXXIII
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Belted Kingfisher Ceryle al'cyon.
SUBORDER OF CUCULINE BIRDS SUBORDER CU'CULI Which have two toes in front and two behind, but which cannot climb like Woodpeckers.
22.

FAMILY OF CUCKOOS FAMILY CUCU'LIDAE 68.

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccy'zus america'nus.
III.

ORDER OF PARROTS ORDER PSIT'TACI Which have two toes in front and two behind, and beaks hooked like those of birds of prey.

But this place is vacant in the procession, because cruel men have almost exterminated the only kind of Parrot that lives in North America--so he was afraid to fall in line with the rest.
IV.


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